In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tomas L. Byrnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
some odd-ball number like 43Kbps.
There are slightly more Google hits for "44kbps throttling" than "43kbps throttling".
On balance, I think your observations are a co-incidence, and whatever throttling mechanism it is that the networks aren't deploying, appears at fairly random numbers in the 35-50kbps range.
-- Roland Perry